NSW Seniors Festival (formerly ‘Senior’s Week’) kicks off this week with many free activities being offered throughout the state to anyone over 60. The 2022 Festival theme is “Reconnect” and it is wonderful that this initiative offers so many opportunities to reconnect with old friends and connect with new ones. Wendy on a cycling adventure…
The theme for this year’s NSW Seniors Festival (formerly known as ‘Senior’s Week’) is ‘Reconnect’. There will be many activities held throughout NSW during the festival, including some great bike riding events, aimed at reconnecting ‘seniors’ (anyone over 60). Below is a selection of bike events being held during the NSW Seniors Festival, which will…
Happy Women’s Day! Every year, International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated across the world on March 8th. It is a day to celebrate women, their achievements, raise awareness about gender (in)equality and to support female-focused charities. Today, on IWD, Bicycle NSW would like to showcase one of our female role models: Charlene Bordley – Bicycle…
On Sunday 27 March 2022, join thousands of cyclists for Sydney’s most exhilarating charity cycling event: The Bobbin Head Cycle Classic! The Bobbin Head Cycle Classic (or ‘Bobbo’) will attract thousands of cyclists eager to enjoy Sydney’s best bike ride. Starting and finishing in Turramurra (in Sydney’s Upper North Shore), the four distances take in…
Kiama Bicycle User Group (KBUG) is again proudly participating in NSW Seniors Festival (‘Seniors Week’ 25 March to 3 April 2022) by organising a local ride on 29 March. “The group is particularly excited and has put together a package to entice prospective participants to, as the theme for the week suggests, ReConnect”, said Warren…
Bicycle User Group (BUG) Presidents and Master Ride Leaders shared their experiences using the new Bicycle NSW Ride Leader Course, in a recent Zoom hook-up. The devolved course was launched in April 2021. BUGs have been training new Ride Leaders in anticipation of increasing community interest in joining rides, with the arrival of summer and…
Summer is here and we are celebrating! Bicycle NSW is therefore excited to launch Roll On Summer! After a second year of winter lockdowns and restrictions, we are looking forward to a summer of riding our bikes and sharing the fun, spirit, freedom and joy of riding. “There are so many reasons why the team…
Bicycle NSW is launching the Bike Promise 2021 campaign to help show the people standing for election how important bike riding issues are to the community. Sadly, we have seen that even when Transport for NSW funding is provided for safe cycling infrastructure, one Councillor or a few loud opponents in the community, can prevent…
It was our great pleasure to attend the launch of another Cycling Without Age Trishaw. In spite of COVID-19 challenges Cycling Without Age is expanding. The Hon. Matt Thistlethwaite MP, Federal Member for Kingsford Smith, helped BIKEast secure the $17,000 necessary to purchase another trishaw to expand the program. BIKEast is an affiliate chapter of…
For bicycle tourism to work well, riders need to be able to reach destinations with their bike. A new independent campaign called Bikes on NSW TrainLink is calling for your support. We encourage contacting your MP by letter, email or social media message and ask them to support roll-on roll-off bike storage on trains. You…